Propagation: Plant propagation part XX based on my own experience, 1 by evelyn_inthegarden

evelyn_inthegarden wrote:
I looked up my zone and it is not even true...zone 9?? I don't think so! It was 17° last year, for about a week. That is officially zone 8.....10° - 20° minimum temps, right? I don't think it even snows in zone 9. And that was for Grizzly Flats proper...a zone even colder. So it should have been zone 7. Still, I have a couple of zone 9-10 plants live over...I did not say "thrive"....the blue cape plumbago, one of my favorites from SoCal. I was bored of it then, however, since they were everywhere. Plants seem to always be in bloom there. I really like having seasons here, well, except for summer...LOL! We always had summer there too, especially if you worked or went to school in the SF Valley. I have it up front by the kniphofia by the road. It did not bloom this year. I have a back up in my small nursery area. I think I will use row cover this coming winter again in the "small nursery area". I also need to heel in some of the plants I have in pots as they are not liking it all season. I suppose I can use one of the square foot gardens...again...LOL!! I dug them out this year and put them in pots, intending to plant them in my "Peach of a Garden", the daylilies, that is. I really should plant them there but the garden really needs work...a lot of it! I am not really quite up to it just yet. So...back to the beds...LOL!! (SFG's, that is..)I still have tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, basil and carrots growing in them. There are a couple that I can clear as they had the cool weather crops in there, and it is almost time to start them again as well as more carrots.


OK, Happy weekend everyone! Have fun!


~ Evelyn

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